MONDAY AFTERNOON, 5 January 2004
Session B2,
13:35-Mon. 13:35 - Introduction
13:40 (B2-1) 14:00 (B2-2) 14:20 (B2-3) 14:40 (B2-4) 15:00 (B2-5) 15:20-15:40 - BREAK
15:40 (B2-6) 16:00 (B2-7) 16:20 (B2-8)
Session B/K1, 13:35-Mon. 13:35 - Introduction
13:40 (B/K1-1) 14:00 (B/K1-2) 14:20 (B/K1-3) 14:40 (B/K1-4) 15:00 (B/K1-5) 15:20-15:40 - Break
15:40 (B/K1-6) 16:00 (B/K1-7) 16:20 (B/K1-8) 16:40 (B/K1-9) 17:00 (B/K-10)
Session C2, 13:35-Mon. 13:35 - Introduction
13:40 (C2-1) 14:00 (C2-2) 14:20 (C2-3) 14:40 (C2-4) 15:00 (C2-5) 15:20-15:40 - BREAK
15:40 (C2-6) 16:00 (C2-7) 16:20 (C2-8) 16:40 (C2-9)
Session F2, 13:55-Mon. 13:55 - Introduction
14:00 (F2-1) 14:20 (F2-2) 14:40 (F2-3) 15:00 (F2-4) 15:20-15:40 - BREAK
15:40 (F2-5) 16:00 (F2-6)
Session H2, 13:55-Mon. 13:55 - Introduction
14:00 (H2-1) 14:20 (H2-2) 14:40 (H2-3) 15:00 (H2-4) 15:20-15:40 - BREAK
15:40 (H2-5)
Session G/H1, 13:35-Mon. 13:35 - Introduction
13:40 (G/H1-1) 14:00 (G/H1-2) 14:20 (G/H1-3) 14:40 (G/H1-4) 15:00 (G/H1-5) 15:20-15:40 - BREAK 15:40 (G/H1-6) 16:00 (G/H1-7) 16:20 (G/H1-8) 16:40 (G/H1-9) 17:00 (G/H1-10)
Session J1, 13:35-Mon. 13:35 - Introduction
13:40 (J1-1) 14:00 (J1-2) 14:20 (J1-3) 14:40 (J1-4) 15:00 (J1-5) 15:20-15:40 - BREAK
15:40 (J1-6) 16:00 (J1-7) 16:20 (J1-8) 16:40 (J1-9)
MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL CAVITIES AND NETWORKS
Chairperson : L.W. Pearson (pearson@ces.clemson.edu)
INVESTIGATION AND GENETIC OPTIMIZATION OF MONOPOLE ANTENNA LOADED WITH FILLED CAVITIES
M.D. Lockard, Butler, C.M., Rudbeck, J.P.
ANALYSIS OF TRANSMISSION OF A SIGNAL THROUGH A COMPLEX CYLINDRICAL/COAXIAL CAVITY BY TRANSMISSION LINE METHODS
Charles L. Bopp III, Butler, C.M., Tesche, F.M.
RESPONSE OF A COMPLEX CYLINDRICAL/COAXIAL CAVITY SUBJECT TO TRANSIENT EXCITATION
Charles L. Bopp III, Butler, C.M.
MODELING THERMOSET CURING IN A MICROWAVE CAVITY
R. Sun, Zong, L., Zhou, S., Sgriccia, N., Kempel, L.C., Benard, A., Hawley, M.C.
MODELING OF A NOVEL MULTIMODE CYLINDRICAL CAVITY FOR MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF POLYMERS AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL
R. Sun, Kempel, L.C., Zhou, S., Hawley, M.C.
NEAR-RIGOROUS THEORY OF MICRORING CAVITY RESONANCE
R. Baktur, Pearson, L.W. , Ballato, J.M.
APPLICATION OF PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TO MICROWAVE NETWORK
Yangyang Zhang, Chunlin Ji, Guangxing Wang
APPLICATION OF DISTRIBUTED PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TO ANALOGUE FILTER TUNING
Yangyang, Zhang, Chunlin, Ji, Guangxing,Wang
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND WAVES
Chairpersons: Susan C. Hagness (hagness@engr.wisc.edu) and Gianluca Lazzi (lazzi@eos.ncsu.edu)
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING EVIDENCE OF A NONTHERMAL ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTION MECHANISM WITH LIVING CELLS: MICROWAVE NONLINEARITY IN THE CELLULAR SODIUM ION CHANNEL
N. Stoykov, Jerome, J., Taflove, A., Pierce, L.
EFFECTS OF CELLULAR PHONES RADIATION EXPOSURE ON HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN VITRO
A. Aly, Barnes, F.
INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS WITH A BROADBAND CROSS-POLARIZED ANTENNA FOR BREAST CANCER DETECTION
X. Yun, Johnston, R.H., Fear, E.C.
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AT LOW AND HIGH FIELDS: AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PERSPECTIVE
T.S. Ibrahim
LOW FREQUENCY AC AND DC MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS ON WHITE BLOOD CELL MOBILITY
Rong Zhou, Rathnabharathi, K., Aly, A., Barnes, F.
LOW FREQUENCY AC AND DC ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS ON WHITE BLOOD CELL MOBILITY
K.N. Rathnabharathi Aly A., Zhou R., Barnes F.S.
MODELING OF INTERFACE FIELDS AND OPTIMIZATION OF BOLUS AND INTER-ELEMENT SPACING OF ARRAYS FOR COHERENT AND INCOHERENT HYPERTHERMIA
M.L.D. Lumori
OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PHASED-ARRAYS FOR HYPERTHERMIA
Marc E. Kowalski, Jin, J.
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF A NON-INVASIVE ULTRAWIDEBAND MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA MODALITY FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT
M.C. Converse, Bond, E.J., Hagness, S.C., Van Veen, B.D.
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC AND THERMAL EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATION OF THE WIRELESS TELEMETRY LINK AND IMPLANTED CHIP IN A RETINAL PROSTHESIS
Keyoor Gosalia, Gianluca, L.
RADAR REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
Chairperson: V. Chandrasekar (chandra@engr.colostate.edu)
NETRAD: NETWORK WEATHER RADAR CONCEPT
Stephen Sekelsky, Frasier, S., McLaughlin, D., Kurose, J., Chandrasekar, V., Droegemeier , K., Cruz-Pol, S., Colom, J.
MONOPULSE RADAR SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE BASED ON COHERENT CORRELATION RECEIVER
Ram M. Narayanan, Zhang, Y.
DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORKED PC-BASED HIGH-BANDWIDTH DIGITAL RECEIVER FOR THE CSU-CHILL RADAR
Y.G. Cho, Brunkow, D., Chandrasekar, V
PHASE COMPARISON MONOPULSE AS AN ANGLE ESTIMATOR: A GENERAL THEORY
Yan Zhang, Narayanan, R.M.
RANGE-VELOCITY MITIGATION USING PHASE CODING WITH STAGGERED PRT FOR DUAL POLARIMETRIC RADAR
J.C. Hubbert, Chandrasekar V., Bharadwaj N.
NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL POLARIZATIONS IN TRANSMISSION
V. Santalla del Rio, Antar, Y.M.M.
ADAPTIVE CLUTTER MITIGATION FOR OTH RADAR WITH FAULTY RECEIVE ARRAY ELEMENTS
D. Ramakrishnan, Krolik, J.L.
A COMPARISON OF DCT AND WAVELET BASED COMPRESSION ALGORITHMS IN SATELLITE IMAGES
Ilker Hacihaliloglu, Kartal, M.
MULTISCALE SAR IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING PAIRWISE MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS
I. Papila, Ersoy, O.K.
REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, II
Chairpersons: E. Westwater (Ed.R.Westwater@noaa.gov) R. Doviak (dick.doviak@noaa.gov)
SMALL-SCALE INTERMITTENCY IN THE MIXED LAYER OBSERVED WITH A VOLUME-IMAGING UHF RADAR WIND PROFILER
A. Muschinski, Lopez-Dekker, P., Frasier, S.J., Chilson, P.B.
ANGULAR INTERFEROMETRY TO SHARPEN A BEAM
Guifu Zhang, Yu, T., Doviak, R.J.
COMPARISON OF DOPPLER BEAM SWINGING AND SPACED ANTENNA RADARS FOR WIND MEASUREMENT; THEORY
R. J. Doviak, Zhang, G., Cohn, S.A., Brown, W.O.J.
GEOSYNCHRONOUS MICROWAVE (GEM) SOUNDER/IMAGER OBSERVATION SYSTEM SIMULATION
A. J. Gasiewski, Voronovich, A., Weber, R.L., Stankov, B.B, Klein, M., Leuiski, V., Bao, J.W.
EVALUATION OF A RADIOMETRIC PHASE RETARDATION PLATE USING PLANAR NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENTS
.R. Guerrieri, Mac Reynolds, K., Tamura, D.T.
RAPID CALCULATION OF INCREMENTAL BRIGHTNESS PROFILES
A.G. Voronovich, Gasiewski, A.J., Hill, R.J., Weber, R.L.
ACTIVE SENSING OF SPACE PLASMAS
Chairpersons: Bob Benson (u2rfb@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov) and Paul Bernhardt (bern@ppd.nrl.navy.mil)
STRONG PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS WITH SPACE PLASMAS
Alfred Y. Wong
RAY-TRACING AND IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS OF Z-MODE WAVES DURING AN HF HEATING EXPERIMENT AT ARECIBO
E.V. Mishin, Starks, M., Gelinas, L.J., Kelley, M.C.
MEASURING WHISTLER MODE SIGNALS IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE ORIGINATING FROM GROUND-BASED VLF TRANSMITTERS USING THE IMAGE/RPI SATELLITE
G. Sales, Paznukhov, V., Song, P., Reinisch, B., Khmyrov, G.
RELATING MAGNETOSPHERIC UPPER-HYBRID BAND ENHANCEMENTS ON PASSIVE DYNAMIC SPECTRA TO CHARACTERISTIC PLASMA FREQUENCIES DETERMINED FROM ACTIVE RPI SOUNDING ON IMAGE
R.F. Benson, Webb, P.A., Green, J.L., Reinisch, B.W.
ARTIFICIAL DISTURBANCES OF THE IONOSPHERE OVER THE MILLSTONE HILL RADAR DURING DEDICATED BURNS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE OMS ENGINES
P.A. Bernhardt, Erickson, P.J., Lind, F.D., Reinisch, B.
LIGHTNING EFFECTS
Chairpersons: Steve Cummer (cummer@ee.duke.edu) and Victor Pasko (vpasko@psu.edu)
LIGHTNING AND TLES: WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T AND EMERGING OBSERVATIONAL TOOLS
W.A. Lyons, Cummer, S.A., Stanley, M.A.
SPRITES/TLES RESEARCHES IN TAIWAN
H.T. Su, Hsu, R.R., Chen, A.B., Lee, L.C.
MODELING OF AIR HEATING AND IONIZATION IN GIGANTIC JETS
V.P. Pasko
ROLE OF NEUTRAL DENSITY AND CONDUCTIVITY PERTURBATIONS IN DETERMINING SPRITE INITIATION LOCATIONS
F.T. Sao Sabbas, Sentman, D.D., Otto, A.
OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF CONJUGATE SPRITES AS EVIDENCE FOR GEOMAGNETICALLY TRAPPED RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAMS
Robert A. Marshall, Inan, U.S.
COMPARISON OF PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND CHARGE MOMENT ESTIMATIONS IN TWO SPRITE-PRODUCING STORMS
E.A. Gerken, Inan, U.S.
INTERACTION OF SPRITE STREAMERS WITH THE LOWER IONOSPHERE
N. Liu, Pasko, V.P.
SPRITE LIGHT IN A BOTTLE
Earle Williams, Valente, M., Golka, R.
FULL-WAVE SOLUTION OF PROPAGATION OF TRANSIENT SIGNALS IN WAVE-GUIDES
O.E. Ferencz
CURRENT AND CHARGE MOMENT IN SPRITE-PRODUCING AND NON-SPRITE-PRODUCING LIGHTNING
S.A. Cummer, Lyons, W.A.
NEW SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS FROM THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE
Chairperson: Phil Jewell (pjewell@nrao.edu)
THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPES
D. Balser, Ghigo, F., Jewell, P.R., Langston, G., Maddalena, R.J., Minter, A., O'Neil, K.
FIRST RESULTS FROM GBT STUDIES OF THE 21CM HYDROGEN LINE
F.J. Lockman
PULSAR RESULTS WITH THE GREEN BANK TELESCOPE
F. Camilo
PLANETARY RADAR RESULTS FROM THE GBT
Margot, J.L.
GBT OBSERVATIONS OF WATER MASERS IN AGN
J. Braatz, Henkel, C., Greenhill, L., Moran, J., Wilson, A.
POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS AT THE GBT: TECHNIQUES, CALIBRATION, AND SIDELOBES
C. Heiles, Robishaw, T.R., Troland, T.H.
THE GBT: PROBING MAGNETIC FIELDS WITH ZEEMAN SPLITTING OF THE 21-CM LINE
T. Robishaw, Heiles, C., Troland, T.H.
THE GBT PRECISION TELESCOPE CONTROL SYSTEM
R.M. Prestage, Constantikes, K.T., Balser, D.S., Condon, J.J.
FUTURE HIGH FREQUENCY INSTRUMENTATION WITH THE GBT
B.S .Mason